Today's lecture with Baleigh: Music and Politics

So we're in the car listening to Public Enemy.

Me: So you didn't know that Flava Flav came from Public Enemy?

Baleigh: No.

Me: Ugh. OK, let's take it back. What did Ice T bring to the hip-hop scene?

Baleigh: I don't know.

Me: A hype-man! That's what Flava Flav did.

Baleigh: I don't care. Well, I knew that, but I don't care.

My poor child gets frequently lectured on the socially significant music of late 20th century artists like Public Enemy, Ice T, Beastie Boys, NWA, et.al. Occasionally others like Slayer, Megadeth, and early Metallica get thrown into the mix for their relationship to politics and the American war fetish. She says that doesn't care, but she listens.

It's at this point that we should maybe feel bad for her teenage self.